GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition – AQA – specification code 8585
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Food Preparation and Nutrition – Year 11
The specification sets out the knowledge, understanding and skills required to cook and apply the principles of food science, nutrition and healthy eating. Students will learn information about how you can apply nutrition through practical work, cooking of food and heat transfer, functional and chemical properties of food, food spoilage and contamination, principles effecting food safety, sustainability, food labelling and marketing, food processing and production and sensory evaluation. Throughout Year 10 students will learn and practise food preparation skills.
Year 11
The focus of Year 11 is to complete two pieces of NEA and revisit the knowledge learnt in Year 10 in order to revise for a written examination.
NEA Food Science investigation 15% – applying food science and chemistry knowledge to experiments and writing up the findings in a 1500—2000 word report/essay with photographs.
NEA Food Preparation 35% – produce a three course meal within a three hour timed assessment showing as many food preparation skills as possible around a set brief. Write up and evaluate the findings within a 20 hour written report.
Revision programme for the end of Year 11 – revisiting topics learnt in Year 10 – written examination 50%.
Important dates (this is a guide and may be subject to change)
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Recommended text book:
Year 11 – AQA GCSE food preparation and nutrition – student book – ISBN 9781908682789